DS, I don't think you actually went to a comic convention dreseed as Palpatine. I think if you did you would have made it a point to actually use the name Palpatine.

We have a winner!

No I never went to a convention dressed up nor would I ever. I find that tabboo geekiness.

Yes I ran into a long lost cousin checking a friend into a hotel. It sounds like an urban legend but its true. I was checking in my then friend. The desk person noted my last name (which is not common) and said she had the last name. She mentioned she never met her father and she thinks he lived in the midwest. I had an uncle that lived in Iowa who was indeed her father. Much drama later, they reunited.

1. In college signed a pledge to fight for Ukraine if they ever sought to break away from the Soviet Union.2. I have written two novels and between them I've collected more than 40 rejection notices from publishers.3. I once smoked crack cocaine and it had no noticeable effect on me.

I think the crack cocaine thing was the one thing that seemed so outrageous it must be true. Plus, I'm familiar with how cocaine works. I also like to think that you are creative enough to have written two novels.

I don't believe that you ever pledged anything for Ukrainian rights. Then again, that's a really weird thing to make up. Still, I'm saying #1 is untrue.

You are wrong, and DS was wrong.

I was fairly drunk when I tried crack in college (otherwise I wouldn't have done it). That may have had something to do with me not being able to notice the effects. But I've since heard stories that many people get no effect from it the first time. Needless to say I never tried it again and I think I could well have dodged a bullet.

I've written large portions of 2 novels but completed neither of them. I've probably collected about two dozen rejection notices for short stories, though. I did have one published.

The Ukrainian pledge was done on a whim, again at college. I like to think I would have honored it, but I'm glad the Soviets are gone and everything turned out all right. I do have Ukrainian friends who I contact frequently by email.

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"...the luscious love melons of Linnea Quigley are back on the screen in 'Sexbomb,' except that she's no longer Linnea Quigley. She's billed simply as 'Linnea'... So, you might be wondering, where is Linnea Qui... I mean, Linnea? She's exactly where we would expect, wandering around through the background with her breasts hanging out. She's got maybe, oh, eight words to say in this movie, and most of them are 'Here, I brought you some coffee.'"-Joe Bob on SEXBOMB

1. Both of my sons were born with, and continue to hold, two citizenships.2. My first instrument was the guitar, but I can also play mandolin, bass, tenor banjo, and bouzouki.3. I can whistle both outwardly and inwardly.

Hint: one of these is a partial truth.

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I don't always talk about bad movies, but when I do, I prefer badmovies.org

#1. My bicuspid teeth have an extra root.#2. I once punched someone in the face for mocking my masculinity.#3. I don't know how to ride a bike.

Jim, I'm going to go with 1 and 2 again: I've never met anyone that doesn't know how to ride a bike.

I know two people who don't, but you're right!

And mofo - it wasn't at a bar. There was some creative wording on my part but is essentially true. I punched a bully because, among other things, him calling me girly and so forth. It's the only time I've ever punched someone in a serious manner and I was 8 or 9 years old at the time.